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A Private Home For Retired Supercomputers

Posted by timothy on from the they-rest-for-a-bit dept.

Steve writes "Every geek has wanted to play with a Cray supercomputer. Hexus.net had the rare opportunity to meet up with a man who has something of a fetish for collecting them! They got a look at some of the amazing kit Armari - a systems integration company - have in their possession. Ever wanted to see inside a Cray T3D MPP, or maybe the gargantuan machine that is the T90? Now is your chance!"

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  1. Now is pretty short... by apanap · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now is your chance

    Yeah, cause in 10 minutes it'll be slashdotted...

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  2. Slashdotted Already?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He should have hosted it on one of his Crays

  3. yeah, sure by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever wanted to see inside a Cray T3D MPP, or maybe the gargantuan machine that is the T90? Now is your chance!

    You mean now as in tomorrow when the slashdotting is over.

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  4. Ive always wanted... by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... one of those big super computers with all of the blinking lights and huge spool of tape spinning around. I've even known a few companies that were "disposing" of them. Unfortunatly, like most Mac owners, their policy tends to be "Throw it out. Don't let anyone else have it", so to this day, I am supercomputerless

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  5. Ah.. memories by Quixote · · Score: 4, Funny
    Reminds me of the first time I saw a Cray T3D at the Los Alamos National labs (about 10 years ago, in 1994). The door had this funky LCD display with some graphics on it. As we were watching the water-cooled behemoth inside, the person incharge there said, "watch this" hit a button on the inside of the door. The LCD display went "bing" and a Mac logo popped up! It was a Mac, being used just for the prettiness.

    (years of beer have killed a few neurons, so memory's a bit fuzzy... :-) )

  6. Price tag by Raedwald · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cray sold a computer to a company I worked for, for the sum of (raises finger to mouth) ONE POUND. Bwahahaha.

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  7. Re:mirror. by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > Here are the images, mirrored:
    > t3d_2_big.jpg
    > td3_psus_big.jpg
    > t3d_wiring_big.jpg
    > t90_2_big.jpg
    > t90_system_board_big.jpg

    Slashdot.
    Porn for Nerds. JPGs that matter.

  8. Overheard in the rest home. by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's kind of creepy walking down the halls of this place. From one room you hear: "Stop, Dave. I'm afraid.". From another: "The Milliard Gargantubrain? A mere abacus!"

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